AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT - ELI CONSTANT Eli Constant is a genre-jumping detail junkie, obsessed with the nature of humanity. She believes that theres beauty at the core of most everything, but that truly unredeemable characters create the best stories. Eli is the author of Dead Trees, Mastic, DRAG.N and is a contributor to the charity anthology Lets Scare Cancer to Death, benefitting the V Foundation. *** Eli lives in Virginia with her husband and two daughters. She is surrounded by battlefield country, farmland and lakes. Currently, she spends her days being a devoted mother and, of course, writing. Eli feels fortunate that her marriage is one of real love and she thinks her children are the coolest people in the world. She also feels so lucky to have an extended family that is ever present with encouragement and kind words. Eli completed coursework at USC-L, Columbia College, TAMU-CC, and George Mason University. She enjoyed a varied course load, but finally settled on Biology and focused on a career in lab research. She spent time in Texas volunteering at Flour Bluff Shrimp Mariculture Lab [and being paid in Pink Hawaiian Shrimp- which was, in a word, delicious.] and also spent time at NIH participating in an Animal Research Program in the Infectious Disease Dept. It took two years working in Histology/Pathology in Sterling, VA for Eli to realize she wanted to be a writer. She is still very interested in the sciences and hopes to use her background knowledge effectively within her writing. When it comes to her writing, Eli has one ultimate goal: to become better with each word written. She is obsessed with the nature of humanity- the innocent, the corrupted and the confused. Shes always been a great lover of Science Fiction, but has also grown to truly appreciate other genres, especially Horror and Fantasy. Looking back on her debut novel Dead Trees, Eli wouldnt change a thing. She feels like she learned from the experience and has grown exponentially as an author since its publication. Her most recent work, Mastic, is best described as an urban paranormal thriller with a softer side- touches of romance, hidden feelings and bridled lust. The charity anthology Lets Scare Cancer to Death, organized by the fabulous TW Brown was a very dear-to-her-heart 2013/2014 project for Eli. She is thrilled to note that 100% of sale proceeds will go to benefit the V Foundation, a leader in cancer research for the past twenty years. Elis works in progress include the much anticipated sequel to Dead Trees, a 3-author anthology exploring the psychosis of serial killers, a 6-author anthology exploring humanity in the face of hopelessness and a zombie origins novel (this last work in progress comes as a huge surprise to Eli; she honestly thought shed never write about zombies, but somehow, she fell down the zombie hole and couldnt crawl out, or rather, didnt want to crawl out). Her other interests include art with a focus on charcoal medium, walking her American Foxhound Dottie, eating egg-drop, wonton soup from the local delivery place and watching low-budget Sci-Fi movies with her awesome family. Q&A: Please post any questions you have for this author in the comment section below. She will be checking in throughout the day to answer them. Elizabeth Constantopoulos
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:19:52 +0000
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